[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 623]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   TRIBUTE TO KAREN RICE, ASSISTANT IDAHO FALLS DISTRICT MANAGER, BLM

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                        HON. MICHAEL K. SIMPSON

                                of idaho

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, January 13, 2009

  Mr. SIMPSON. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor an exceptional 
public land manager in my district, Karen Rice, the Assistant Idaho 
Falls District Manager of the Bureau of Land Management, who is being 
recognized this week as the Public Lands Foundation's Outstanding 
Public Lands Professional Technician for 2008.
  Now in its 20th year, the Public Lands Foundation award is an 
important recognition for special achievement by professional public 
land technicians and managers. The Public Lands Foundation is the only 
national membership organization dedicated solely to the protection and 
perpetuation of the National System of Public Lands under the 
administration of the BLM. It is a national nonprofit conservation 
organization whose members are primarily active and retired BLM 
employees.
  As a member of that organization, Ms. Rice has worked hard for over 
10 years on projects that protect wildlife habitat and promote 
responsible recreational activities along the South Fork of the Snake 
River and in the Henry's Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern.
  I am honored to take part in recognizing Ms. Rice today. I commend 
her for her tremendous efforts and dedication to such a crucial and 
worthwhile effort. Her efforts are paving the way for a more beautiful 
state and a more conservation-minded world.

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